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Upcoming Events

Saturday, September 9th, Pocono Raceway

At The Lantern Fest, thousands of revelers join together armed with lanterns for one unforgettable spectacle. Before sundown friends and families can enjoy food, live music, a stage show, familiar princesses, face painters, s'mores, balloon artists and more. Then, when the time is just right, we will light the sky with our highest hopes and fondest dreams.

For the past seven years, Wally Lake Fest brought thousands of local residents and visitors to Lake Wallenpaupack and the surrounding area. The festival celebrates the end of summer in the Lake Region in a unique way with something for everyone. Wally Lake Fest calls for sun, sand, water, shades, sunscreen and everything else that signifies enjoyable outdoor summer events, so let’s hope for a rain free weekend!

At The Lantern Fest, thousands of revelers join together armed with lanterns for one unforgettable spectacle. Before sundown friends and families can enjoy food, live music, a stage show, familiar princesses, face painters, s'mores, balloon artists and more. Then, when the time is just right, we will light the sky with our highest hopes and fondest dreams.

At The Lantern Fest, thousands of revelers join together armed with lanterns for one unforgettable spectacle. Before sundown friends and families can enjoy food, live music, a stage show, familiar princesses, face painters, s'mores, balloon artists and more. Then, when the time is just right, we will light the sky with our highest hopes and fondest dreams.

Upcoming events

For the past seven years, Wally Lake Fest brought thousands of local residents and visitors to Lake Wallenpaupack and the surrounding area. The festival celebrates the end of summer in the Lake Region in a unique way with something for everyone. Wally Lake Fest calls for sun, sand, water, shades, sunscreen and everything else that signifies enjoyable outdoor summer events, so let’s hope for a rain free weekend!

At The Lantern Fest, thousands of revelers join together armed with lanterns for one unforgettable spectacle. Before sundown friends and families can enjoy food, live music, a stage show, familiar princesses, face painters, s'mores, balloon artists and more. Then, when the time is just right, we will light the sky with our highest hopes and fondest dreams.

Performance at Lackawanna College Theater, 501 Vine Street, Scranton, PA Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter hits the road in 2017, performing songs from her expansive 14-album catalog and new songs from her latest record The Things That We Are Made Of, released May 6, 2016.

Poconos Events

There’s So Much On The Horizon in the Poconos, You’ll Be Head Over Hills! Most likely, you’ll have a hard time deciding what to do next. You may decide to hit a food and wine festival to nourish your foodie soul – or maybe you’ll want to see a show. Great! You can do both. In fact, you can do a lot more than that. The Poconos has concerts, festivals, races, comedy shows, theater, carnivals, and county fairs.

The Poconos concerts run the gamut from local acts to national tours – and the genres run the gamut from rock to blues to country. Pocono Mountain festivals celebrate everything from beer to garlic to wieners! And what about the fantastic food concoctions you’ll run into on the midway at the county fairs -­‐ who’s up for deep-­‐fried Oreos?

All sorts of Pocono events are coming up, such as art and music festivals, NASCAR and Indy races, and more! In the Pocono Mountains, you can do whatever you want.

If you have an event and want to submit it for inclusion in our site, please send it to Events@VisitPoconos.com. Please include event info and photo(s). If you would like us to cover your event, we have writers and contributors who may be able to attend.

Pocono Events Articles

Around 10 a.m. at the Pocono Raceway on June 11th, the cool morning hours offered a vast, clear blue sky. Against the mountainous, wooded backdrop, pit crews were preparing their team’s stock cars for inspections before the Pocono 400 race.

The place was already booming with onlookers out for the full experience; many lined up at the inspection area, watching each car come in. “It’s fascinating watching the cars getting all the measurements. It’s our first time at the Tricky Triangle,” says Julie Zwahr who travelled all the way with her family from Texas.

Honesdale PA Roots & Rhythm June 17, 2017

For the third consecutive year, sign language interpreter Kim Hodder will be on stage at Honesdale’s Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival. Kim will interpret the beginning and the close of the 12th annual festival on June 17th. The free family event will officially open in Honesdale’s Central Park around 1:30 pm with a welcome from PA State Representative John Fritz and the singing of the National Anthem. Then, the first act, The Bruce Katz Band will kick off an afternoon and evening of entertainment.

This is a great year for prizes—we have 12-inches of them on our tickets!” laughed Bonnie Taylor, chair of the Raffle Committee for the 2017 Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival. Taylor helped garner some new prizes for this year, including two tickets to the Dweezil Zappa show in August at the Kirby Center, courtesy of the Wilkes Barre event venue.

Help Support the Biggest Festival Celebrating the Lake, Wally Lake Fest: August 25-27, 2017

Hawley, PA. The Wally Lake Fest committee would like to remind all businesses, non-profits and individuals that the deadline for new event and sponsorship forms for the 8th Annual Wally Lake Fest is just around the corner. An exciting line-up is planned for the weekend and all sponsors who want to help make this year’s Wally Lake Fest a success should have their forms sent in by May 15, 2017.

Despite the weatherman predicting a blizzard beginning the evening of Monday, March 13th, audience members jam-packed the F.M. Kirby Center to see prolific storyteller and down-to-earth humorist, Garrison Keillor. After just one year of officially retiring from a 42 year run with Prairie Home Companion, he has returned to the stage offering audiences a new solo show titled, “Just Passing Through.”